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HSBC’s flagship Premier Centre in Colombo re-opens after extensive renovation
HSBC’s flagship Premier Centre strategically located at No 31, Flower Road, Colombo 7 was re-opened after a full renovation by Betty Miao, Head of Retail Banking & Wealth Management International, Asia Pacific together with Mark Prothero, CEO HSBC Sri Lanka and Maldives, Joanna Kalenska, Head of Marketing for International Markets, Rudra Basu, Head of Regional […]
Solar Alliance will create a greener, cleaner, healthy world: President
Mar 12, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena expressed confidence that the International Solar Alliance (ISA) would showcase the power of the countries involved to bring about solutions to create a greener, cleaner and a healthy environment for people of this world.Addressing the Founding Conference of the ISA Summit in New Delhi today […]
PM meets with UN Under Secretary General for Political Affairs in Colombo
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has met United Nations Under Secretary General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman at the Temple Trees, Colombo this morning. Discussions were carried out between the two about various topics including the current political situation in the country.
Colombo Fashion Week Brings Together Other Creative Industries
Celebrates Expression through Collaborations Celebrating other creative industries and their expression through fashion has been one of the focus’ of HSBC Colombo Fashion Week in recent years. These collaborations have given birth to various sub events that take place during the week of CFW such as Art Connect, Fashion + Food events, Knowledge Workshops, Music […]
Government to implement two water projects at a cost of Rs11.3bn
Having recognized the importance and urgency of implementation of Kirama Katuwana Water Supply Project and project for Augmentation of Water Pipelines along with the Orugodawatta Ambatale Road Development Project, the Government has now been able to finalize the funding arrangements with foreign and local banks. Accordingly, UniCredit Bank of Austria has agreed to provide Euro […]
President visits Kandy, Stresses on communicating precise information
Mar 08, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena held a special meeting in Kandy to discuss the current situation in the district and stressed the importance of communicating precise information to the public. The President discussed with religious leaders about the situation that has occurred suddenly and the leadership they can provide to […]
Mobitel & Commercial Bank launch Data + Credit Card in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s National Mobile Service Provider, Mobitel has partnered with one of the leading banks in Sri Lanka, Commercial Bank to offer a first of its kind credit card . It is the first time in Sri Lanka that a telecom service provider has partnered with a financial institution to offer its customers an exclusive […]
Recurrence of a conflict will impact adversely on development: CCC
Statement from the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce condemns religious and ethnic intolerance which has led to the current situation of unrest. We call upon those vested with authority to take stringent measures to control all efforts to perpetrate violence.We urge all persons to unite and provide leadership to prevent further […]
UN urges authorities and citizens to ensure rule of law is upheld
Mar 08, 2018 (LBO) – The United Nations in Sri Lanka is concerned about the recent incidents of communal violence and condemns these acts in the strongest possible terms and called on all to uphold rule of law in the island.The United Nations urges authorities to take immediate action against perpetrators and to ensure that […]
How can a business achieve continuous growth and stability?
(PRESS RELEASE) – ezBiz App is an all-in-one solution offered to help small and medium scale businesses achieve growth and stability. thinkCube, which is a SaaS vendor offers ezBiz App as a service for small and medium scale businesses and is proud to announce the fact that ezBiz is currently one of the first SaaS […]
Sri Lanka must make inciting racial violence a non bailable offence: Minister
Mar 06, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Finance and Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera said that inciting racial violence must be made a non bailable offence. “Enough is enough, the minister tweeted, yesterday “Inciting racial violence must be made a non bailable offence and politicians who give leadership to such violence should be deprived of their civic […]
”s senior debt AA-(lka)(EXP)
Fitch Ratings Lanka has assigned People’s Leasing & Finance PLC’s (PLC, B/AA-(lka)/Stable) proposed senior debenture issue of up to LKR6 billion an expected National Long-Term Rating of ‘AA-(lka)(EXP)’. The debentures, which will have tenors of four and five years and carry fixed coupons, will be listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange. PLC expects to use […]